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21. Tachometer reading 800-1000 RPM too high (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:44:39 -0500; This weekend I did a little electrical work -- replaced a battery clamp, fuel tank sender, secured the ground to the speedometer, and installed halogen dash lights from Jeff Zorn. Beautiful all aroun; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00336.html (7,724 bytes)
22. RE: Re: Tachometer reading 800-1000 RPM too high (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:33:40 -0500; I've only seen it once -- this morning. Turning the lights off (in the parking garage at work) did not make it stop. It did not do it at startup this AM. When I leave tonight I'll watch it and see wh; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00349.html (7,430 bytes)
23. Tachometer reading 500-2000 RPM high! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:35:04 -0500; Yesterday morning, in the rain, toward the end of my commute, my '70 B's tach was running 800-1000 RPM high. Last night, in virtually identical conditions (Roughly 60 degrees farenheit, heavy rain, h; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00364.html (9,180 bytes)
24. RE: Re: Tachometer reading 500-2000 RPM high! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:32:24 -0500; Any idea how to track it down, if it is in fact a bad (okay, marginal) transistor? It's been a few years since I've had the case open on one of these tachs. How complicated are they? The tach is not; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00370.html (8,799 bytes)
25. RE: Re: Re: Tachometer reading 500-2000 RPM high! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:43:53 -0500; Last night, I drove home with the heater turned off. The tach was fine. This morning, I turned the heater back on. By the time I got to work, the tach was reading 500-1000 RPM high. The next test wil; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00402.html (8,391 bytes)
26. Re: Tachometer reading 500-2000 RPM high! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:23:09 -0500; Last night's test -- heater on, dash lights out -- went as predicted. The tach was spot on. This morning, just to make sure it was still there, I ran the heater and the dash lights. By the time I got; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00429.html (9,292 bytes)
27. Re: Front end clonk (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:34:58 -0500; One thing that clonks at the front end -- and that I've never seen mentioned in a discussion like this -- is a worn out lever-arm shock absorber. When you have everything apart, replacing the lower a; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00579.html (8,189 bytes)
28. What's that car? (Probably no LBC) (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:43:19 -0400; In the US, there is a current TV ad for Kodak film in which two girls are driven around Rome on a rapid guided tour in a small-ish red convertible. What is the vehicle in which they ride? It has a '5; /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00334.html (6,938 bytes)
29. Windshield questions, and a Crosley Hot Shot sighting... (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:08:20 -0500; I am thinking about replacing my windshield -- the old one is scratched and pitted in a couple of places. I believe the scratches are too deep to polish, as they definitely catch a fingernail when yo; /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00698.html (8,627 bytes)
30. Re: 5 Speed - Why? (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 12:00:29 -0400; To the first comment, about multi-function stalks in modern cars: in modern cars I've driven, I can't think of an instance where one stalk controlls accessories (like wipers) and, as an additional fe; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00054.html (8,853 bytes)
31. =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IDUgU3BlZWQgLSBXaHk/IKAod2FybmluZzogc2FyY2Fz (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 10:43:31 -0400; Three quoted messages: 1. 2. 3. Well, my secret is out. Not only do I (apparently) not enjoy my MG, I don't even own the official octagon-logo hairshirt, or the MOWOG self-flagellation whip. I apolog; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00091.html (8,736 bytes)
32. Re: 5 Speed - Why? - Why not the engine swap? (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 10:55:17 -0400; I'm not sure I understand, Bill. Do you or don't you? It seems like you're saying that you would allow an 1800 in an MGA, or a 1275 in a bugeye, or for that matter, an overdrive transmission in a ca; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00092.html (9,314 bytes)
33. Re: 5 Speed - Why? - Why not the engine swap? (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 09:06:00 -0400; Well, what about this. MGBs came with two motors, the 4-cylinder that evolved from the MGA unit, and the 3.5 v-8 that evolved from the 215c.i. Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac motor of about 1960. Over its l; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00184.html (10,112 bytes)
34. Re: Gearbox/Engine Swapping (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 16:02:45 -0400; A couple of apologies, this time non-sarcastic. First, I'm sorry if my last post was a bit unclear. I was talking about what engines MGBs came with, and about building a hypothetical MGBv8 with later; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00194.html (12,339 bytes)
35. Re: 5 Speed - Why? (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:25:39 -0400; I have thought about putting a 5-speed in my car. From my point of view, I can either put in a complicated, antique, electro-mechanical device, or a new, all-mechanical, Lucas-free piece. Although t; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00982.html (9,033 bytes)
36. Re: 5 Speed - Why? Totally wrong use! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:42:40 -0400; (snip) I will, though, defend myself on one point. In the miles I've done in an o/d car (and yes, those miles are few compared to the 125K+ I've done in my 'B) it has seemed pretty awkward. Or, more; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00987.html (8,131 bytes)
37. Re: MGB windscreen Mama said there would be days like this! (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:46:06 -0400; Try working on a modern car! I spent a while talking with a late-90s Firebird owner at an autocross last season. He said that with some practice, he is now able to change his spark plugs and wires in; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00103.html (7,978 bytes)
38. Re: What are you going to do? (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 12:46:17 -0400; This afternoon, on the way home from work, pick up the radiator from the shop (they were cleaning it and brazing a hole in the tank), and a bit of carb work. Tomorrow AM yank old cam (flat #1 lobe).; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00147.html (9,052 bytes)
39. Re: What DIDN'T get done... (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 16:07:44 -0400; I sent a note that started with picking the radiator up at the shop on the way home from work on Friday. They said it would take 2 days, tops, so I gave it to them on Wednesday -- even if it took 3 d; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00293.html (8,301 bytes)
40. Paint Prep question (score: 1): Author: matttrebelhorn@netscape.net (Matthew Trebelhorn); Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:43:39 -0400; I'm preparing to repaint my MGB. Or, I guess more to the point, I'm getting it ready to be painted. I've got a couple of little projects to do -- door skins, bolt on a new fender -- as well as sills.; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00153.html (7,241 bytes)

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